Bale-tie.



W. H. PRIDGEN.

BALE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 9. I9I4.

1,190,456. Patented .Iu1y11,1916.

Witnesses Wwgwwlnventor "WI 1.I "l "MII" VW m w .II Q A Attorneys WILEYH. PRIDGEN, 0F CREEK, NORTH CAROLINA.

BAILE-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application led October 9, 1914.'. Serial No. 865,870.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, VILEY H. PRIDGEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Creek, in the county of Vilarrenand State oit NorthCarolina, have invented a new and useful Bale-Tie, oit which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to buckles for use in connection with bale ties,one of its objects being` to provide a simple, durable and cliicicntbuckle of this character which can be quickly assembled with the endportions of a tie and which, when reversed and clenched by any suitablemeans provided for that purpose, will hold the ends of the tie securedtogether and at the same time draw said ends toward each other so as tocause the tie to bind tightly upon the bale or bundle surroundedthereby.

vi/*ith the `foregoing and other objects in view which will appear' asthe description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement oit parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

ln the accompanying drawings, the preferred 'forms of the invention havebeen shown.

ln said drawings:wligure 1 is a plan view oi the buckle and showing thepositions o'f the end portions of a tie when assembled therewith duringthe first step in the operation oi fastening the ends together Fig. 2 isa view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the relative positions of the partsupon the completion of the second or tightening step. Fig. 3 a plan viewof the buckle and those portions oi the tie in engagement therewithaiter the parts have been clenched together, thus completing thefastening operation. F ig. .4 is a section on line A-B Fig. 3. Fig. 5 isa perspective view of the buckle shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive. Fig. 6is a plan view of a modiiied form of buckle with the ends of the tie inposition therein, and the buckle opened out prior to the clenchingoperation, the position of the end portions of the tie after the bucklehas been reversed, being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 7 is a sectionon line C-fD Fig. 6 and showing the buckle clenched upon the completionof the tying and tightening operation. Fig. 8 is a perspective view oianother form of tie buckle in posi-` tion upon the end portions of atie. Fig. 9 is a section on line E-F Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a perspectiveview of another forni of tie buckle. Fig. 11 is a section on line Gr-HFig. 10.

Referring to the figures, it will be noted that the buckle shown inFigs. 1 to 5 i11- clusive is made of a single sheet of metal foldedalong longitudinal lines so as thus to produce parallel barrels 1 and 2separated by a flattened loop 3, there being laterally extending curvedwings e and 5 extending from the barrels 1 and 2 as shown particularlyin Fig. 5. ln using this form of buckle, one end of a tie is inserted inone direction into the barrel 1 and is then bent laterally at itsterminal, this end portion of the tie being shown at 6 and its bentterminal being shown at 7. The other end portion 8 of the tie is theninserted in the opposite direction into the barrel 2 and its terminalbent or oifset as shown at 9. With the parts thus assembled, the barrels1 and 2 are gripped within a suitable tool and the buckle is bodilyreversed to the position shown in Fie. 2, thus causing the end portions6 and 8 of the tie to be looped, the end portion G assuming a positionabove and longitudinally oi the wing 5 while the end portion 8 assumes aposition above but longitudinally of the wing 4. This operation ofreversing the buckle in the direction indicated by the arrows in Fig. 1and to the position shown in Fig. 1l, results in tightening the tieabout the bale or other object surrounded thereby and as soon as thereversal of the buckle has been effected, the wings i and 5 are clenchedonto the end portions 6 and 8 of the tie as shown in Figs. 3 and 4l,thus holding the parts assembled securely so that there is no danger oftheir becoming loose.

In Figs. G and 7 another form of buckle has been illustrated. Thisbuckle instead of being formed with two barrels and an intermediateloop, is formed with a central upstanding loop 10 having oppositelyextending wings 11 and 12. An aperture 13 is formed in one side of theloop l0 and another aperture li is formed in the other side of the loopand those portions of the loop between the apertures and the adjacentends of the loop are contracted so that non-alinn VWith-Figs. lvto 5inclusive.

110 Vat-20. With the tie andbuckle thus assembled, theY buckle isreversed'bodily in `the direction 'indicated bythearrow in Fig. G ksovthat the'end portion 17 vof the tie is thus brought to positionabove'the wing 11, while the end Vportion 19 of the tie is brought toposition above the wing 12. The wings 11 andV 12 are then clenchedtogether as shown in Fig; 7 thus completing the tying operation.Obviously, the tie will be tightened Y n in the same V'manner duringthis operation as y during the operation described in connection YAnother form of buckle has been illus- Y; .trated in Figs. S and 9. Thisbuckle is likewise formed of vsheet metal and is bent to producea barrel21, a loop 22fand a Wing 23. In using this -form of buckle, one endportion 2% of agtie'is inserted through the barrel. 21 and its 'terminalis bentbackto form-a Vhook 25, after which said hook vis Y drawnbackinto position over the wing 23.

The other end portion 26 of the tie is then bent lto form a hook 27,which hook is inserted intothe loop 22 while the end portion 26 restsbetween the barrel 21 and the ring 23. After the parts have thus beenassembled, the buckle is clenched as shown in Fig. 9. In this form ofthe device the buckle is not Vreversed as in the other forms but merelyconstitutes a buckle and not a tightening means.- Y Y The 'formofbuckle'illustrated in Figs. 10

. andll-is made of a sheet of metal having incisions cut into thesidesthereof at the center, thus to form separate tongues.V The tonguesat one end are bent in opposite directions to form a barrel 28 and awing 29,

while the tongues at the other-end are'bent in opposite directions toIforma barrel 30 and a wing 31. The end portion S2-'of a tie is theninserted-into the barrel 28 while Y the other "endportion 32 of the tieis in Gopies of this patent may be obtained-for inem/.15e

serted in the opposite direction into the barrel 30. The buckle is thenreversed so as tobring the end portions above the wings 29 and 31whereupon the buckle is clenched as shown in Fig. 11 and the partssecurely held together.

What is claimed is:-

1'. A bale tie buckle consisting of a single piece of sheet metal bentto form separate contacting parallel tie receiving barrels and aseparate outstanding wing bendable along lines parallel with the barrelsand toward rsaid tie receiving portions, said wing constituting tiegripping means.

2. A `bale tie buckle including a single piece of sheet metal formingparallel tie receiving barrels and clenching wings paral- 'lel with thelbarrels andVbendable relative thereto. 3. A baleftie buckle including apiece of sheet'metal bent to form parallel barrels, for

the reception of the end portions of a tie,

and outstanding wings extending longitudinally of the barrels andconstituting tie engaging portions.

4. The combination with a bale tie having parallel lapping terminalportions, each having an oiiset end, of a buckle having separate barrelsengaging said parallel terminal portions, said tie having portions bent'back along the outer sides of the barrels,

andclenching wings outstanding from the barrels and bendable againstsaid portions in the presence of two witnesses.

VILEY H. PRIDGEN.

Witnesses:

E. C. Pinon, J. WILLIE VI-Irrn.

frive cents each, by addressing the uCommissioner of Patents,Washington, D. C.

